includes information on the opening by the Queen
Licences and plans of proposed London Zoo buildings, many of which were temporary structures, or not eventually built. Includes: large map of London Zoo in 1911 with position of proposed shelter marked, and plans of shelter, 1914; plans of proposed new aviary, 1906; plan of temporary shelters for HM The King's Indian Collection, 1912; plan of Proposed Wood & Iron Addition to the Prosector's Building, 1904; layout of Poultry Culture Exhibition, 1917; fire certificate Tea Pavilion Mappin Terraces, 1914; fire certificate Main Offices, 1910; temporary buildings extension, 1934.
Records relating to the safe storage of the Library collections of the Zoological Society of London
Files relating to the library and its collections at ZSL
Zoological Society of LondonMinutes of the Layout Committee
Lists specimens in the Museum, with an arrival date, whether stuffed or in spirit, country, how obtained, and occasionally who deposited them. Arrival dates are from 1827-1840. Split into three groups of animals. Some specimens are from Sir Stamford Raffles' Sumatran collection.
Minutes of the House and Library Committee, discussing matters relating to the Library and other staff in the main ZSL Office (in this period of time that would be Hanover Square, and then our current Regent's park office from 1910)
Minutes of the House and Library Committee, discussing matters relating to the Library and other staff in the main ZSL Office (in this period of time that would be Hanover Square, and then our current Regent's park office from 1910)